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  Is your web design right for your business? by David Lawrence
  in Building a Website, Web Design, Website Advice
  15 May 2012  | 0 Comments
  I often write about the small things that can be done within a website to ensure that it turns the highest number of site visitors into customers (i.e. the conversion rate). In today’s post I thought I would talk about something a lot more general. What happens if your website designer comes...Read More

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• TWS Semi-Permanent 2012 by Katie Finnegan
  in Building a Website, Web Design, Website Advice
  10 May 2012  | 0 Comments
  TWS Web Design Team is attending Semi-Permanent 2012 2011 Video We are attending Semi-Permanent 2012! As a company, TWS understands the importance of our Web Design team to stay inspired and keep up-to-date with trends. As it is the nature of the industry to change and evolve, it is important for...Read More

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• Using the load balancer cache in web development by Garry Viner
  in Technology
  8 May 2012  | 0 Comments
  We are currently getting some really positive results from caching on our load balancer. We currently have 3 web servers, load balanced in a weighted round-robin configuration, set up in such a way as to direct the same amount of traffic to each. The load balancer is a Stingray 8.1, and has the...Read More

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• Meet Bronte, the office dog (and trainee website designer). by David Lawrence
  in Web Design, Website Advice, The Web Showroom
  4 May 2012  | 0 Comments
  A few months ago I started bringing my now 12 month old Staffy puppy into the office a couple of times a week. This started as a way of keeping her busy so her natural enthusiasm for life (i.e. destroying my house) would be slightly reduced! Like all puppies she had a tendency to cause havoc when...Read More

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• Website Design: How to Make a Great Sitemap by David Lawrence
  in Search Engines, Web Design, The Web Showroom
  1 May 2012  | 0 Comments
  A sitemap has been an important part of a website for many years now. However, we still find that many clients are confused about exactly what a sitemap is and what it needs to contain to do the best possible job for your site visitors as well as the requirements of your SEO Company. Firstly it is...Read More

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• 2012 BRW Fast Starters - The Web Showroom wins a place! by James Lawrence
  in Online Marketing, Web Design, The Web Showroom
  26 Apr 2012  | 0 Comments
  We are excited to announce that The Web Showroom has won a place in the 2012 BRW Fast Starters list released today. The BRW Fast Starters is a prestigious annual list from Fairfax media, published by BRW in partnership with the School of Management at RMIT. We placed 56th out of 100. To have just...Read More

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• 3 Facts about Social Media’s Role in the Arab Spring by Joshua Khoddami
  in Technology
  2 Apr 2012  | 0 Comments
  With the rise of the Arab spring, suddenly my job managing SEO experts became a lot more interesting. The sites that were previously used for teenagers to hit on their crushes and movie stars to tell us what they had for “brunch” was suddenly transformed into the #1 tool for freedom...Read More

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• What is Pinterest? by James Lawrence
  in Online Marketing, Technology
  30 Mar 2012  | 0 Comments
  We have been fielding lots of questions lately about Pinterest, and with good reason. It is the fastest site in history to break 10 million unique visits in one week. In December last year it entered the top 10 socialnetworks ranked by visits, and in January this year it drove more traffic to...Read More

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• The importance of communication in a growing company by Hannah Mason
  in The Web Showroom
  28 Mar 2012  | 0 Comments
  Last weekend was my four year anniversary working for The Web Showroom. As one of the first employees in early 2008 I have seen the Web Design business grow from a handful of people to over 25 staff and the Online Marketing department grow from one in 2010 to over 20 with more predicted to join us...Read More

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• 3 Golden Rules for Tradie and Plumber web design and SEO by Joshua Khoddami
  in Web Design, Website Advice
  26 Mar 2012  | 0 Comments
  This morning my hot water heater burst. As someone who works in SEO in Sydney I naturally went to my smart phone and typed in “Bondi Plumber”. What followed next was 20 frustrating minutes trying to contact a plumber using my smartphone, which I wrongly assumed should be relatively...Read More

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